Mackenzie Sheppard

Mobile Moviemaking with a Big Crew

One of key advantages of shooting a mobile movie is that is doesn’t require vast resources. You can find many examples of prize-winning, low (or no) budget mobile movies made by small teams, plus plenty done solo.  But that fact doesn’t put the mobile off limits for major-league productions. While there hasn’t yet been a hundred million dollar movie…

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“Donny The Drone” Wins Prize at the NY City Drone Fest

Mackenzie Sheppard’s “Donny The Drone” has won the top prize in the narrative category at the 2018 New York City Drone Film Festival. With allusions to Ted Talks and (spoiler alert) totalitarianism, the 11-minute movie tells the story of Donny, a talking drone who has an epiphany that changes his life and perhaps that of…

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